17535 - Project Support
| Posting date: | 11 May 2026 |
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| Salary: | £36,151 to £42,928 per year |
| Additional salary information: | The national salary range is £36,151 - £37,887, London salary range is £39,315 - £42,928. Your salary will be dependent on your base location |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 May 2026 |
| Location: | UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Ministry of Justice |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 17535 |
Summary
Overview of the job
The Programme Office Support Manager will provide a project office function to support programmes and projects
Summary
The Programme Office Support Manager will be required to provide a professional and efficient administrative support service to the Senior Programme
Manager/Programme Manager and the Programme Management Office. The job holder will be responsible for developing key relationships with individual HQ
Directorate Single Point of Contacts and the wider project leads and sponsors.
Responsibilities, Activities & Duties
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:
• Provide effective project office management services to the projects and programmes portfolio.
• Ensure all project related logistical arrangements are made including ensuring stakeholder meetings are scheduled and actions are accurately recorded and managed.
• Maintain all project documentation and be responsible for the configuration management and library of all documentation, including baselining and quality checking. This includes being the Local Information Manager and being responsible for the management of the file structure held under HERM
• Responsible for change control and management of all project documentation including the Plans, PIDS and associated project documentation
• Act as formal contact point between the NOMS Project and Trade Unions regarding project related issues
• Produce ad hoc reports and all other documentation for the Project Executive and other Senior sponsors Manager such a project exception reports, dependency matrix, actions logs, meeting minutes
• Ensure the Programme Executive has relevant NEMC and other Senior
Stakeholder documentation as required with outstanding actions being followed up.
• Coordinate, attend and minute Legal meetings, weekly Delivery Committee meetings, and monthly Union meetings.
• Pro-actively manage the actions produced by the various meetings attended.
The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The Job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the Job Holder.
The Programme Office Support Manager will provide a project office function to support programmes and projects
Summary
The Programme Office Support Manager will be required to provide a professional and efficient administrative support service to the Senior Programme
Manager/Programme Manager and the Programme Management Office. The job holder will be responsible for developing key relationships with individual HQ
Directorate Single Point of Contacts and the wider project leads and sponsors.
Responsibilities, Activities & Duties
The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:
• Provide effective project office management services to the projects and programmes portfolio.
• Ensure all project related logistical arrangements are made including ensuring stakeholder meetings are scheduled and actions are accurately recorded and managed.
• Maintain all project documentation and be responsible for the configuration management and library of all documentation, including baselining and quality checking. This includes being the Local Information Manager and being responsible for the management of the file structure held under HERM
• Responsible for change control and management of all project documentation including the Plans, PIDS and associated project documentation
• Act as formal contact point between the NOMS Project and Trade Unions regarding project related issues
• Produce ad hoc reports and all other documentation for the Project Executive and other Senior sponsors Manager such a project exception reports, dependency matrix, actions logs, meeting minutes
• Ensure the Programme Executive has relevant NEMC and other Senior
Stakeholder documentation as required with outstanding actions being followed up.
• Coordinate, attend and minute Legal meetings, weekly Delivery Committee meetings, and monthly Union meetings.
• Pro-actively manage the actions produced by the various meetings attended.
The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The Job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the Job Holder.